YouTuber GaaSyy loses seat for missing Diet sessions

YouTuber GaaSyy loses seat for missing Diet sessions

Japan's House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 15, 2023, vote to expel Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by the name GaaSyy, from the upper house for not attending any parliamentary sessions since being elected in 2022. He was the first member of the Diet to be removed since 1951 and the first to be reprimanded for being absent.

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